Excerpt from A Man of Athens
Everywhere was the sense of light; golden in the Open spaces, deep, transparently blue in the shadows, vibrating and quivering through the cloudless blue of the sky, and blurring the soft purple of the hills, where their long, sweeping slopes touched the horizon.
An open carriage was mounting the slope toward the Acropolis, through the low pines and the clumps of gray green aloes, and Theodora Douka, who had not been in Athens for nine years, leaned eagerly out.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book, set in 19th-century Athens, is a novel of ideas that follows Theodora Douka, a young woman who returns to her birthplace after many years abroad. As she navigates the political and social landscape of her home city, Theodora encounters a captivating cast of characters â" scholars, artists, and intellectuals â" whose lives and ideas offer a panoramic portrait of the Greek capital. Against the backdrop of the city's ancient glory and its struggles toward modernity, the novel explores themes of identity, belonging, and the power of art and education to shape individual lives and collective destinies. It is an evocative and thought-provoking meditation on the human condition, one that resonates with timeless truths even in our own rapidly changing world. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781331296638_0
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PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LW-9781331296638
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